Bill may put wind-power projects in state at risk

If bill giving PSC regulatory control passes, supporters of wind turbine farms say they could fold

1:43 AM,
Mar. 31, 2014

Alabama Power already buys power from wind farms in Kansas and Oklahoma, but green energy proponents say Alabama legislation could drive wind power investments out of the state. Here a turbine on a South Dakota wind farm converts wind to energy.

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Last month, a 5-year-old stood in front of a legislative committee and told them a heartwarming story about how she and her late father used to go hiking together on Shinbone Ridge in northeastern Alabama.

She told the story to demonstrate her opposition to a wind turbine farm planned on private property near the park where she used to hike.

A bill going through the Alabama Legislature that would regulate wind power might put an end to two wind turbine projects that have been in the works in Etowah and Cherokee counties for more than three years. ...